Above is a parody of Norman Rockwell's famous painting portraying an American thanksgiving dinner. Fifty years ago, a family would sit down together to share a warm and traditional thanksgiving dinner of turkey, cranberry dressing, and pumpkin pie; now, it is completely different as the picture above illustrates. America has a new perspective on what is acceptable. In modern culture, everything is acceptable. The picture portrays a grandmother smoking and placing a platter of Kentucky Fried Chicken on the table. The children are laughing while sitting in front of several mugs of beer a this is not what the American Thanksgiving should be. The difference between the two paintings is incredible. Modern culture has changed what should be a warm tradition of family to basically what can be thrown together the quickest. Norman Rockwell seems to be mocking what has happened to the traditional American Thanksgiving. He believes that society has completely altered a once celebrated tradition.
